Resident felt mobile home lifted by Monday night storm

Laurie Krug, resident of Boardwalk, a manufactured housing community on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017, talks about the storm that damaged her neighborhood.
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A piece of insulation from a missing roof, hangs in a tree that was blown away from strong winds in a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017(Photo: Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)Buy Photo

MARSHFIELD - The sound of hail on the roof of her mobile home woke Laurie Krug.

"I thought, 'What is going on?'" she said. "I got up and saw that the kids' swings were gone."

Heavy storms and winds that moved through central Wisconsin early Monday morning brought down trees, caused power outages and did damage to buildings throughout the region and into the Northwoods. For Krug and other residents of the mobile home and manufactured housing community Boardwalk, the storm hit particularly hard.

Krug strapped the door of her four-bedroom home shut with a rubber elastic band because of a broken latch. Seconds later, a strong gust of wind swept through the narrow street on her neighborhood.

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Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

A piece of insulation from a missing roof, hangs in a tree that was blown away from strong winds in a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017 Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

A little after midnight, when those gusts had passed, Krug looked to see what damage had occurred. “I didn’t know at the time (a neighbor's) roof went off,” Krug said. “I saw insulation hanging in the tree, and that was my cue that somebody lost their home.”

The home's only resident was not injured and is staying with family, according to the Marshfield Fire Department. About a dozen other mobile homes in the park had minor to moderate damage to the homes and storage buildings, according to firefighters.

Fallen trees damaged homes in Marshfield and across the area. Marshfield resident Rod Malbinger said he heard a roar that woke him up around 12:30 a.m., only to discover a white pine tree had fallen into his house and a row of trees down in his front yard. The wind lifted his 40-foot pole shed and took it about one-eighth of a mile down the road, Malbinger said, where it landed in his son’s yard.

Wisconsin Public Service crews had restored power to some 13,000 customers as of late Monday afternoon, with more than 4,000 more customers in central and northern Wisconsin still without power, according to its website. The Wausau School District said in an email message to parents that outages extended also to Horace Mann Middle School, causing classes there to be canceled Monday.

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Strong winds followed by thunder and lighting, causes damage to a manufactured housing community called Boardwalk, on the north side of Marshfield, Wis. on April 10, 2017(Photo: Tyler Rickenbach/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

Crews are seeing several downed trees like these in Wausau this morning. We've restored around 10,000 customers since late Sun. evening. pic.twitter.com/NrtUs3bJVb

Todd Steinfest woke up to see his favorite tree down by the storm Monday morning at his house in Wausau.(Photo: T'xer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

In Wausau, a line of downed trees spread across residents' front yards on Campus Drive, near the Monk Botanical Gardens on the city's northwest side. Wausau Fire Lt. Chris Barber said between 20 and 30 trees fell in that area. Barber said no one was injured in Wausau from the storm.

Jennifer Strom, who lives on Campus Drive, had a tree fall in the middle of her driveway. She was working Monday morning when her roommates called her to let her know about the fallen tree. Strom said the tree is blocking the driveway, but she is thankful it didn't damage the garage.

"I was scared for their lives," Strom said. "I have never seen storm damage this bad (in Wausau)."

Tom Schroeder, who lives on Third Avenue, said his 15-year-old daughter "came flying out of her room" during the storm. During the storm, a part of tree hit his house.

"I came out in the rain to look at it, but it was just superficial damage," Schroeder.

Barber said four Wausau houses received minor damage. In Wausau, the storm in the early morning hours awakened residents at around 1 a.m. in Wausau with continuous lightning and thunder for about 30 minutes, in addition to periods of heavy rain and winds.

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A row of trees down by the storm Monday morning alongide Campus Drive near Monk Gardens in Wausau.(Photo: T'xer Zhon Kha/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

Merrill Fire Battalion Chief Scott Krause said the department didn't receive any calls last night about storm damage in the Merrill area.

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Bethany Therese says two trees fell on her house, just above their bedroom off of Campus Drive in Wausau on Monday, April 10, 2017. Thankfully the trees caused no damage, just a number of trips to the yard waste site, she said. Courtesy of Bethany Therese